JAMB Biology Past Questions & Answers - Page 418

2,086.

The feature that distinguish the toad or frog from the fish is the absence of

A.

scales

B.

lungs

C.

paired appendages

D.

a tail

E.

skin glands

Correct answer is A

The fish possesses scales while the frog or toad do not.

2,087.

Rhizopus (or mucor)obtain its food from dead organic matter extracellularly. It is said to be

A.

a facultative parasite

B.

saprophyte

C.

an obligate parasite

D.

a commensal

E.

 an autotroph

Correct answer is B

A saprophyte or saprotroph is an organism which gets its energy from dead and decaying organic matter. This may be decaying pieces of plants or animals.

2,088.

Which of these is not true of the insect? The possession of

A.

two pairs of antennae

B.

jointed appendages

C.

exoskeleton

D.

three pairs of legs

E.

 segmented body

Correct answer is A

Insects possess one pair of antenna and not two pairs.

2,089.

The neck region of the tape worm, (taenia) is responsible for the

A.

production of egg

B.

storage of egg

C.

formation of new segment

D.

development of the suckers

E.

fragmentaion of the body segment

Correct answer is C

The adult tapeworm possesses a series of flat, rectangular body segments, or proglottids, generated by the neck.

2,090.

At fertilization

A.

one chromosome from the male joins another from the female

B.

one gene from the male combines with another from the female

C.

the male nucleus fuses with the female nucleus

D.

one set of chromosome combines with another set from the female

E.

one cell from the male fuses with another from the female

Correct answer is C

Fertilization is the union of a spermatozoal nucleus, of paternal origin, with an egg nucleus, of maternal origin, to form the primary nucleus of an embryo.